“Yes, I thought about him until the day he died, but this doesn’t stop me from looking down on him and despising what he’d done. I see it all clearly, but what about you?”
“….” Shirley was stupefied by this.
“Listen, Adam’s fighting that man downstairs for you. What about you? Even now, do you still care about that man and not worry that he might hurt your brother?”
It was as if these words froze Shirley.
Heavy and hurried footsteps could now be heard from outside the door.
Cathy lifted her gaze and immediately saw Carter striding into the room, dark rancor emitting from his body.
His furious eyes swept over Cathy’s face and finally landed on Shirley…
When Shirley heard the sound of footsteps, she knew Carter was here.
She knew she would not be able to hide at this moment, so she could only face him.
However, she still did not dare to show the ugly half of her face to the man she looked up to and admired. The moment Carter appeared, she turned her body and hid her right cheek that was scarred so that Carter could not see. She only allowed him to see her left cheek that still looked flawless, smooth, and charming.
As for her crippled legs, she could only continue sitting on the bed while pretending as if she was carefree.
Carter looked at Shirley who was sitting motionlessly on the bed and moved his long legs to take two steps closer to the bed.
He noticed the coldness on Shirley’s face.
“Have you forgotten what I told you?” Carter questioned right after he opened his mouth. His tone sounded extremely cold.
However, after he said that, his face gradually fell when he saw that Shirley was ignoring him.
“ Shirley,” he called out her name, his tone laced with anger that was on the verge of overflowing.
Cathy glanced at Shirley, and when she saw Carter trying to get close to Shirley, Cathy went up to stop him.
“Mr. Gray, Miss Brown doesn’t want to see you now. I hope you can respect her wishes.”
Carter was forced to stop in his tracks. His displeased gaze landed on Cathy’s face irreverently.
His eyes were suddenly filled with admiration.
“I never knew you were so courageous back when we were in St. Piaf Academy. However, you were in St. Piaf for so long, so you should know me quite well. Are you sure you want to challenge my prestige?”
Carter’s words sounded like he was warning Cathy.
However, Cathy was not scared and she did not cower at all.
She looked into Carter’s icy and piercing gaze before saying calmly, “Mr. Gray, I hope you know that this is not St. Piaf but Glendale. This is also not your house.”
“Heh. Interesting, ” Carter smiled and uttered unenthusiastically. However, his gaze changed and he looked like he was going to take action.
Adam rushed to the door of the room with wounds on his face. When he saw something amiss with Carter’s expression, he realized that Cathy must be in danger. He immediately rushed over to stop the man.
However, he heard Shirley saying something after only taking a few steps.
“Mr. Gray, please get out of my house.”
The coldness in Carter’s eyes and his action of lifting his hand froze the moment he heard what Shirley said.
‘Mr. Gray?’
He could not believe that he just heard Shirley calling him that.
However, that voice indeed belonged to Shirley.
Carter furrowed his long eyebrows and lifted his eyes that were as deep as the sea to look at Shirley who was leaning on the bed. She only had the side of her face turned toward him.
”What did you just say?” Carter asked in disbelief.
Shirley remained seated. She said coldly,” I said, please get out of my house, Mr. Gray. Also, I hope that you won’t come over ever again.”
Shirley sounded very decisive.
Carter seemed to be stumped for words for a while. Then, he tugged the corners of his lips.
“Shirley, do you know what you’re saying?”
“I do. I know what I said,” Shirley answered slowly without even lifting her beautiful eyes. “I’ve thought it through, and I won’t let you manipulate me like an idiot. We were just using each other anyway, Mr. Gray. You used me to reach your goals, and to be honest, I was also just using you.”
When Carter heard this answer, he felt as if he had heard a huge joke.
“You were using me?” He scoffed and asked, “What were you using me for?”
“You still can’t tell what I was using you for?” Shirley asked. The corner of her red lip that looked slightly pale was lifted in a disdainful smile.
“The first time I met you, I knew you could give me a life of luxury and the best education.
“I was just pretending to be pitiful to gain pity from you and Camille. I wanted you guys to keep me in Gray Manor, I wanted to make you reluctant to have me leave. I wanted you to plead with camille yourself so that I could stay to become your playmate and study buddy.”
“Hmph. ” As Shirley said that, she chuckled while feeling pleased with herself. “Carter, I’m very good at acting, right? You must have thought that I was so in love with you and I couldn’t live without you so I would be willing to do anything for you, right?
You’re wrong. We were just using each other. I was only pretending when I was with you, and now, this is the true colors of Shirley Brown.”
After hearing what Shirley said, Carter did not have the previous look of anger on his face anymore.
He looked at Shirley who had never once looked at him since he entered and eventually asked after a long while, “Are you sure you’re telling the truth?”
“Of course, ” Shirley answered decisively. The corners of her beautiful eyes were slightly lifted as she scanned Carter’s face coldly.
“ If not, why do you think I stopped contacting you for so long and even came back to live here? You should see now that I’ve sorted things out with my brother. I’m bored of the game between you and me, so that’s why I didn’t bother contacting you.”
Carter thought his heart was strong and it was able to conquer everything. However, when Shirley’s decisive words pierced his eardrums, he felt as if an invisible dagger was piercing through where his heart was.
This feeling reminded him of when Shirley had left without telling him.
Back then, she had left so decisively.
Now that he thought about it, she really did not love him and that was why she could cruelly leave without any reluctance.
Carter’s expression and gaze froze.
“Shirley, you’re something else, ” he mocked with a light chuckle. “You’d better pray that I won’t see you again. If not, I’ll make you pay for using me. ”
After he warned her, his icy gaze scanned Shirley’s disdainful face.
When he turned around and saw Adam glaring at him, he gave him the same warning.
“It’s best if you don’t meddle in Kendrick Waldburg’s business. If not, both of you will suffer the consequences.”
After Carter said that, he strode away. When he walked past Adam, it seemed that he used all of his might to bump into Adam’s shoulder.
Adam was caught off guard and crashed into the doorframe after stumbling backward.
“Adam.” Cathy quickly ran to Adam. When she saw the wounds on his face, she knew that Adam had put his life on the line to fight with Carter to stop him. However, an elegant gentleman like Adam would never be able to defeat a man who had been trained and knew how to fight.
“Adam, are you okay? Your wounds… I should treat your wounds for you.” Cathy looked at Adam in concern.
“I’m fine. Don’t worry about me. ” Adam comforted Cathy. When he was about to say something to Shirley, he suddenly heard a muffled thud coming from the side of the bed.
Cathy and Adam looked at the source of the sound and were shocked by what they saw.
Shirley had fallen from the bed once again and it was obvious that she did it on purpose.
She could not walk, so she could only crawl. She was now crawling to the balcony.
When Adam saw this, he would be lying if he said he was not sad.
It was his sister, so he could not ignore her.
He strode to Shirley who was dragging the lower half of her body to crawl forward, reaching out to pull her up.
“Shirley, what are you doing? Are you crazy?” Adam angrily rebuked her. His emotional and angry yells only reflected how worried and concerned he was about her.
However, Shirley did not listen to him. She forcefully pulled Adam’s hand away and stared straight at him with eyes that had turned red unbeknownst to them.
“Let me go! Adam, are you so naive to think that I was telling the truth just now? I haven’t made up with you nor do I think of this place as my home. Also, I’ve never once thought of you as my brother! Let me go immediately! ”
When Adam heard this, he looked at the emotional and tearful Shirley with disappointment in his eyes.
“Do you like that man so much? You like him so much that you can throw away your dignity and self- respect, huh? Alright, go! Crawl to him like the good-for-nothing you are! ”
Adam clenched his fists, and under Shirley’s intense provocation, he let go of his hand.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.